EVENT: NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION holds its national diversity summit.

AGENDA: Highlights:

7 p.m. -- Dinner address with Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-MA

Dr. Jacqueline Jordan Irvine discussing They Bring More Than Their Race: Why Teachers Of Color Are Essential IN Today's Schools."

DATE: November 1, 2001

LOCATION: Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-822-7230

WEB ADDRESS:nea.org

TIME: 8:30 a.m.

EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a program on Brazil Heading Into 2002 Elections: Scholars to Examine Political, Economic Context.

WHO: The speakers are:

Georges Landau, President, Primax Consultoria

Riorden Roett, Director, Latin America Program at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)

Paulo Sotero, Washington correspondent, O Estado de Sao Paulo

DATE: November 1, 2001

LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242

WEB ADDRESS:csis.org

TIME: 9 a.m.

EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES presents a lecture entitled "Update On The Inter-Congolese Dialogue And The U.N.'S Role In The DDRR Process."

WHO: The speakers are:

John Prendergast, co-director of the International Crisis Group's Africa Program

Andre Kapanga, professor of political science at Illinois State University and Congolese ambassador to the U.N.

DATE: November 1, 2001

LOCATION: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-663-5626

WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org

TIME: 9:45 a.m.

EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a program on "Bioterrorism and Pharmaceuticals: Looking Ahead," with John E. Calfee, AEI

AGENDA: The anthrax attacks have raised numerous questions about the role of the federal government in the pharmaceutical markets. Will the American public benefit from the deal between the Department of Health and Human Services and Bayer regarding the antibiotic Cipro?

DATE: November 1, 2001

LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-862-5933

WEB ADDRESS:aei.org

TIME: 10 a.m.

EVENT: ALLIANCE FOR ENERGYAND ECONOMIC GROWTH holds a program to urge bipartisan support for prompt congressional passage of comprehensive energy legislation.

EVENT: THE CENTER ON BUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIES holds conference call briefings on economic stimulus proposals that are under discussion in the Senate. The calls will focus on the plan being put forth this week by the Administration and by Senator Charles Grassley, ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, the panel that has jurisdiction over most of the relevant issues.

EVENT: AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION holds a luncheon briefing on hospital readiness for a terrorist attack, including biological and chemical incidents.

WHO: The speakers are:

Dick Davidson, president, AHA

Jim Bently, vice president, AHA

DATE: November 1, 2001

LOCATION: 325 7th Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-626-2342

WEB ADDRESS:aha.org

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: NATIONAL ECONOMIST CLUB holds its luncheon program with Murray Weidenbaum, Center for Strategic and International Studies, discussing "Reconciling Free Trade and Global Standards."

DATE: November 1, 2001

LOCATION: LC, 101 Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 703-739-9404

WEB ADDRESS: national-economists.org

TIME:12 noon

EVENT: COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS holds a program on "Democratizating U.S. Trade Policy."

WHO: The speakers are:

Bruce Stokes, CFR

Pat Choate, former vice presidential candidate Reform party

Rep. Jim Kolbe, R-AZ

Rep. Sherrod, Brown, D-OH

DATE: November 1, 2001

LOCATION: B-340 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 212-434-9537

WEB ADDRESS:cfr.org

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: NATIONAL ECONOMIST CLUB holds its luncheon program with Murray Weidenbaum, Center for Strategic and International Studies, discussing "Reconciling Free Trade and Global Standards."

DATE: November 1, 2001

LOCATION: LC, 101 Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 703-739-9404

WEB ADDRESS: national-economists.org

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: JOBS FOR THE FUTURE holds a luncheon briefing to release a survey n what Americans think should be done to stimulate the economy and help low-wage workers following the Sept. 11 terrorist attack.

DATE: November 1, 2001

LOCATION: Lisagor Room, National Press Building, 529 14th Street, NW

Washington, DC

CONTACT: 301-656-0348

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT holds a briefing on unemployment insurance and the economic stimulus plan.

EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program entitled "The Changing Face Of Asia: How Terror, Trade And Politics Are Transforming The East," with James Kelly, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs State Department.

DATE: November 1, 2001

LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-675-1752

WEB ADDRESS:heritage.org

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: AMERICAN UNIVERSITY Washington College of Law Islamic Legal Society holds a program addressing issues concerning Islamic Law, Muslims in the United States, and various issues of International Law as they relate to Muslim countries featuring Ahmad Saiffudin Turkistani, AU Law, Islamic Legal Society.

EVENT: WOMAN'S NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB presents Andrew E. Rice, President of the United Nations Association of the National Capital Area discussing The Future Role of the UN.

DATE: November 1, 2001

LOCATION: 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-232-7363

WEB ADDRESS: democraticwomen.org

TIME: 12:30 a.m.

EVENT: ENVIRONMETAL MEDIA SERVICES holds a briefing the media on the next round of negotiations for the Kyoto Protocol. Officials from around the world began arriving today in Marrakesh, Morocco, to finalize rules for implementation of the Kyoto Protocol, the first treaty to include internationally binding commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

EVENT: ALLIANCE FOR HEALTH REFORM holds a discussion on "Bioterrorism & Biodefense: Are We Ready," a briefing on Potential Threats, Existing Public Health Capabilities and New Approaches to Preventing Harm.

WHO: The speakers are:

Laurie Garrett, science writer for Newsday and author of The Coming Plague and Betrayal of Trust

Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota and the state's former chief epidemiologist

Margaret Hamburg, vice president for biological programs at the Nuclear Threat Initiative

Phillip Russell, former director of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

Ahmed Rashid (By Phone from Pakistan), Afghanistan and Central Asia correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Review and the London Daily Telegraph

Deepa M. Ollapally, U.S. Institute of Peace

DATE: November 1, 2001

LOCATION: 1200 17th Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-429-3878

WEB ADDRESS:usip.org

TIME: 3:30 p.m.

EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on "Successes and Limitations of International Assistance in Russia and the Central Asian States: A Focus on Women's Issues and Suggestions for the Future."

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